Cast-off connection for suspenders.



No. 705,62l. Patented July 29, |902't E. T. SPECHT.

yCAST-UFF (-)ONNELTTIN FDH 'SUSPENDEBS.

(Application nled'mar. 11, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE T'. SPECHT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO ERNEST A. EASTMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAST-OFF CONNECTION FOR susPENDERs.

SPECIFICATION forming' parl; Of Letters Patent No. 705,621, dated July 29, 1 902.

Applcationiled March 11, 1902. Serial No. 97,750. (No model.)

To 1/Zt whom, it may concern:

Be it knowntthat I, EUGENE `T. SPEOHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cast-Oif-'Connections for Suspenders, rbc., of which the following is a specification.

My invention is concerned with certain new and improved constructions of the connections between the main strap or web of suspenders and the tabs whereby the latter can be instantly cast o when desired, and is designed to produce a device of the class described which shall be extremely simple in its construction, easily and quickly operated, and which, most of all, shall be durable.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto a sheet of drawings in which the same refer-- ence characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which- Figure lisa frontelevation of a suspenderend having my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the metallic portion of the connection. Fig. 3 is a side ele- Vation, in `vertical section, on an enlarged scale, on the line A A of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line B B of Fig. 3.l Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. l, but with the tab removed and showing a modified form o fY construction; and Fig. 6 is a central section.

form of connection.

The main strap or web portion ct of the suspender may of course'be of any desired4 construction and is preferably formed withthe loop at its lower end, as shown. The tabs h may likewise be of anydesired construction, but are preferablyformed with the central portions thereof rounded, as shown, to form a smooth bearing-surface which may play readily over the metallic hook, with which it cooperates.

The basis of the cast-off connection is the metallic portion c,the preferred form of which is shown detached in Fig. 2 and which consists of the upper horizontal cross-piece d, preferably provided with the ferrule or roller e and with which the main strap a coperates. In the preferred form (shown in Figs.

l to 4) this part c is formed of a single piece of wire bent into the shape shown,and the generally rectangular outline thereof vis broken by the offsets j", which serve to reduce the width of the lower portion thereof, so that the portions g, which together constitute the lower cross-piece, are narrower than the upper cross-piece e and of the proper width to snugly accommodate the short strap h, which is folded about this portion and which constitutes the outer covering of the castoff. together and the wire constituting them is then turned downward and separated to make the opening j, through which the eye'- let 7c is adapted to pass. The wire is then brought together, as shown, and turned upward to constitute the hook Z, which I preferably cover with the brass bushing m to reduce the friction between it and the tab Aother form, such as an antifriction-roller- "The strap 7L is provided at its upper end with the aperturen and also with an aperture o, located about the center thereof, but nearer the upper edge. The eyelett passes through these apertures andxthroughthe opening j "and when it is headedserves to securely clamp these parts together. The fastenerhead p, which is of thecustomary construction employed in this class of devices, is secured on the eyelet at the time it is headed, preferably by having the flange q on the "base thereof interposed between the strap h and the flange 'r, formed on the eyeletc when it is riveted in place. The strap h is provided at its lower customary construction and is secured to the end of the strap h in some suitable manner.

The operation of the device will be readily The parts g are brought substantially IOO modiied form of construction, in which the connection c is stamped up from a piece of sheet metal, having substantially the same general outline and arrangement of parts as the wire one, except that instead of having the hook with a separate bushing on the lower end thereof, the hook l being made of sheet metal is easily formed with its upper surface of the same outline as the upper surface of the bushing m.

While I have shown my invention as embodied in the form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that it is capable of some modifications and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims, eXcept as may be necessitated by the state of the prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with the main strap and the tab, of the cast-off connection therefor consisting of the single rigid metallic member having the elongated transverse opening at the top for the main strap and the opening beneath it for the eyelet and terminating in the hook, together with the strap having the fastenercap therein, the fastener-head, and the eyelet connecting the parts substantially as described.

2. In a device of the cla-ss described, the cast-off connection consisting of the single rigid metallic member having the elongated transverse opening at the top and the opening beneath it for the eyelet and terminating in the hook, together with the strap having the two openings therein and the fastener-cap at one end thereof, the fastener-head, and the eyelet passing through the lower opening in the metallic member, the two openings. in the strap and cooperating with the fastenerhead to secure the parts substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a device of the class described, the cast-off connection therefor consisting of the single rigid metallic member formed of a Wire rod bent into shape to form the elongated transverse opening at the top and the smaller opening beneath it and terminating in the hook,together with the strap having the openings n and o therein and the fastener-cap at the bottom thereof, the fastener-head, and the eyelet 7c adapted to pass through the open*- ings in the strap and the lower opening in the metallic member and coperating with the fastener-head to secure the parts together substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the cast-oft connection consisting of the single rigid metallic member formed of the wire rod bent into shape to have the elongated transverse opening at the top with the lower portion thereof narrowed by the offsetsf,and with the smaller opening beneath the transverse opening and terminating in the iattened hook Z, together with the strap 7L having the openings n and o therein and the fastenercap in the bottom thereof, the fastener-head having the liange q, and the eyelet 7c passing through the openings n and o in the strap and the smaller opening in the metallic member, and having the iange r cooperating with the flange q to clamp the parts together substantially as shown-and described.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with `the main strap and the tab, of the cast-off connection therefor consisting of the single rigid metallic member made of wire having the elongatedtransverse opening at the top for the main strap and the opening beneath it for the eyelet and terminating in the hook, the bushing about said hook, together with the strap having the fastener-cap therein, the fastener-head, and the eyelet connecting the parts substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE T. SPECI-IT.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. McELRoY, HA'rTIE O. I-InLvoRsoN. 

